Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] [pers pn] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | He may regard me as an amateur but the fact is that , due to physical difficulties , I can not pull and twist in a horizontal mode and so I invoked gravity to assist . |
2 | After all , when our western doctor 's diagnosis or treatment turns out to be ineffective we may regard him as a useless quack , but we do not also conclude that the entire system of medical science is erroneous . |
3 | In examining these conflicts and changes the particular aims of the researchers are to : elucidate the changes that occurred in the UK defence science and technology system in the 1980 's and to analyse their dynamics and interactions ; ii identify and examine the assumptions about the future being made by firms and governments to guide their current decision-making in this area ; iii consider whether clear and stable structural trends are emerging , and the factors that may influence them in the 1990's , including the transition to a single European market ; iv establish a better framework for assessing contemporary developments in defence technology policy and their consequences for other areas of science and technology policy . |
4 | I may treat you as a grown-up person , may I not ? |
5 | In the north and east the Curled or Lesser Octopus Eledone cirrhosa may treat you with a colourful appearance . |
6 | When I hear the attacks on that modest , even cautious , and certainly prudent programme , I must compare it with the gross waste of public money in which the Government have indulged . |
7 | I can not believe my luck that nobody else had the sense to carry you off but that you should still be there for me and that — ’ Well , that could be taken two ways , on second thoughts that might not be the thing to say , no ; ‘ my luck that you should want me in the same way that I want you . |
8 | ‘ I do n't know if Bobby will break into the Great Britain team for the World Cup final against Australia in October , but he should make it for the next series and then hang on to the job . |
9 | The model should make it through the inverted position , but will lose lots of speed in the process which can cause any number of effects during the inverted climb phase . |
10 | It should out-point them on the rough stuff , too , for the Range Rover is still king of the wild frontiers . |
11 | You should treat it as a straightforward job of work and get on with it . |
12 | If a potential investor should assume that ‘ preference ’ means that he should prefer them to the ordinary shares he would be sorely in need of professional advice . |
13 | She says she did the Byrd show ‘ because I found her a fascinating part of the underground scene in New York , and I felt somebody should expose her to a bigger market . |
14 | In fact he takes his role as guardian of these fey fellahin so seriously that perhaps one should regard him as the Brobdingnagian Mayor of Gumnutland . |
15 | Such an exhibition , and its permanent record in the lavishly illustrated new book edited by Wendy Roworth , should alert us to the rich possibilities offered by serious reassessment of the work of such a varied , complex and intellectual artist as Angelica Kauffman . |
16 | They were left feeling drained , insulted and angry at a man who suggested he should bill them for the five hours he spent at their home . |
17 | If a secured creditor omits to disclose his security in his proof of debt , he must surrender it for the general benefit of creditors unless the court relieves him on the ground that omission was inadvertent or the result of honest mistake ( r 6.116 ) . |
18 | If you have any special requests you must include them in the special request box on the booking form , but please note that special requests are not guaranteed and are subject to availability . |
19 | That will worry hon. Members on both sides of the House , and we should discuss it at the earliest opportunity . |
20 | Staff wishing to avail themselves of this flexitime arrangement should discuss it in the first instance with their line manager . |
21 | Mr Major argued that as good Europeans we should tie it to the strong German mark to lick inflation and sustain recovery . |
22 | ‘ You should soak it in the Sacred Spring , ’ he said . |
23 | ‘ You must send it to the best art gallery in London . ’ |
24 | It goes without saying that you should study it with the utmost care . |
25 | You think I should show it in the future years ? |
26 | When she came back to him he must present her with a positive plan of action . |
27 | NEXT time Simon Rattle and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra perform Messiaen 's Et Exspecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum they should do it in a great cathedral . |
28 | yeah I think , I do n't , she must lock it from the inside window back through |
29 | What is surprising is not that the rural past should be called up , but that the writer should invest it with the imaginative and emotional power that he does . |
30 | INSTEAD of destroying their bumper crop of potatoes , farmers should give them to the needy . |